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Christie's. Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence, New York, 19 June 2019
7 juillet 2019
A serpentine and rock-crystal hilted sword, North India, hilt probably 19h cenury, blade 1750-1800
Lot 81. A serpentine and rock-crystal hilted sword, North India, hilt probably 19h cenury, blade 1750-1800. 36 ins. (92 cm.) long; hilt 5 1/8 ins. (13 cm.) long. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised USD 200,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019
The hilt carved from a single piece of jade, set with carved rock-crystal lozenges and rubies, watered-steel blade inscribed and inlaid with gold royal parasol (chhattri).
Exhibited: Grand Palais, Paris 2017, pp.132-33, no.102
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, pp.158-59, no.104
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, pp.182-83, no.108
de Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco 2018, p. 176, no. 70.
Note: For a brief note on the rare decoration of this sword hilt and for a similarly decorated a dagger hilt and flywhisk handle in the sale, see lots 80 and 82. The single-edged curved watered-steel blade has a fuller on both sides just below the rear edge. Inlaid in gold with an Arabic inscription from the Qur’an, the blade also bears a gold parasol (chhatri) which is a symbol of imperial ownership (Beijing 2018, p.183).
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